Transitions
This field focuses on what happens at the end of conflict
What is transitional justice?
The World Justice Project measures the rule of law with this tool
What is the Rule of Law Index?
Rule by law is the key model here
What is China?
These are a combination of restitution, fines, fees, and costs imposed upon a defendant at the time of sentencing
What are Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs)?
The country targeted by a U.S. State Department-funded project with the long-term goal of increasing the caliber of legal education, implemented by UW Law under the direction of Prof. Jon Eddy and Alice Stokke?
What is Afghanistan?
Has 4 parts -- Law is 1) set forth in advance; 2) made public; 3) general, clear, stable and certain; 4) applied to everyone
(Notably missing: democracy and human rights)
What is a "thin" definition of Rule of Law?
(Tamanaha's 'common baseline')
This country has recently concluded a peace agreement with guerrillas that may involve amnesties
What is Colombia?
This type of justice system is often overlooked but may be important to understanding rule of law in any country
What is informal justice?
There two countries have faced infringement proceedings by the EU for posing a serious threat to the rule of law
What are Hungary and Poland?
The Rule of Law Index sub-factor for the criminal justice system (Factor 8) in the United States with the lowest score
What is "no discrimination"?
What is 8.4 -- "criminal system is impartial"?
An example of a bi-lateral aid agency -- one of a myriad of potential actors involved in Rule of Law promotion
What is USAID / AusAID (DFAT) / JICA / CIDA / SIDA / DFID / ... (Global North)
/ newly formed CIDCA (China International Development Cooperation Agency) / ABC (Brazilian Cooperation Agency / ...? (Global South)
Two (out of four) universal principles of Rule of Law, according to the World Justice Project
What are: 1) Accountability, 2) Just Laws, 3) Open Government, and 4) Accessible & Impartial Dispute Resolution?
What mechanism is often used to address historical causes of conflict
What is a truth and reconciliation commission?
These types of definitions of rule of law include democracy and human rights
What is thick?
This leader has created a new position of executive president
Who is Erdogan? (Turkey)
Institution regarded as one of the United States' "strongest democratic traditions" -- according to the 2017 Freedom House Report on U.S. Criminal Justice
What is the judiciary?
Historical example of policy changes that gained public support through the use of visual storytelling
What are (child) labor laws? OR
What are national parks?
Essential elements for establishing the Rule of Law, according to Tamanaha. (name at least 2 of 3)
What are: 1) cultural belief in Rule of Law; 2) presence of an independent judiciary; and 3) a robust legal profession and tradition?
In Stromseth's article, she examined the success of a hybrid tribunal that dealt with war crimes in this country
What is Sierra Leone?
The creator of "illiberal democracy"
Who is Victor Orban? (Hungary)
Until a documentary highlighted this issue, this country used a presumption of guilt in criminal trials
What is Mexico?
An example of how Washington State has reformed its handling of Legal Financial Obligations since the passage of House Bill 1783, effective June 7, 2018
What is allowing for the reduction of non-restitution LFOs, upon motion of the defendant?
What is eliminating the accrual of 12% interest on non-restitution LFOs as of June 7, 2018?
What is the mandatory waiver of interest accrued prior to June 7, 2018, on non-restitution LFOs, upon motion of the defendant?
The much-critiqued phenomenon of a foreign donor offering implementation of a standardized plan for reform that is not tailored to the local setting or demanded by local officials in the target country
What is "rule of law in a box"? OR
What is "supply-driven" rule of law assistance?
Two primary functions of the Rule of the Law (according to Tamanaha, 2007).
What are: 1) Legal Restraint on Government; and 2) Maintain Order Among Citizens?
Two examples of places where war criminals may be held to account
What is the ICC, the ICTY, the ICTR?
In this country, the truth and reconciliation commission was focused on post-election violence
What is Kenya?
Unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a Ferguson Police Officer in 2014, resulting in nation-wide protests, a Consent Decree between the federal government and the City of Ferguson, and sweeping reforms to lessen systemic discriminatory practices found in policing and in the way municipal operating costs are funded
Who is Michael Brown?
The historical event that precipitated the revival of rule of law promotion as a key foreign policy strategy of western nations.
What is the 1991 fall of the Berlin Wall?
(OR What is the end of the Cold War?)
'End goals' brought to society by Rule of Law in Kleinfeld Belton's "ends-based definitions" of rule of law. (Name 3 of 5)
What are: 1) gov't bound by law; 2) equality before the law; 3) law and order; 4) predictable, efficient justice; and 5) lack of State violations of human rights?